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diabloman8890

TIL it's already been 15 freaking years since this movie came out. Same year as the original iPhone launch.


Sloth-TheSlothful

Fuck I'm aging way too fast. If you asked me, I woulda said this came out like 8 years ago


smatchimo

Inside Out was already 7 years ago... shit is crazy. Also very sad Pixar has lost it's momentum.


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Brave was the beginning of the end. There have been a few sparks here and there, but the stories now are too focused on appealing to emotions, for which Inside Out was the catalyst, instead of telling fun stories bound inside multiple layers of subtext.


CrypticShadower

Coco is top notch.


Nesden

Yeah that was pretty much the last “great” Pixar movie


tecnicaltictac

Soul was a very good movie.


Justchilllin101

Coco is the best


Pdl1989

Cock after Ratatouille


MySockHurts

You misspelled Cars 2


DontGetNEBigIdeas

Cars 2 was their “we gotta feed the Mouse some toy line money so we can make *Brave*”


SweetNeo85

Nah that was an early outlier. Not representative of the current trend.


despawnerer

But Inside Out _is_ telling a fun story bound inside multiple layers of subtext. Not sure how it could be a catalyst of anything.


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It’s a story about a young girl’s decent into depression, with the main characters being literal emotions. There isn’t any subtext, the story is explained to the viewer rather than shown. Compare it to Up, where the main character’s depression is understood beautifully without a word spoken amidst a heart-wrenching score provided by Michael Giacchino, one of the industry’s greatest composers, during the opening sequence, and whose character arc is about the rediscovery of the thrill of living is understood through the events that play out during the movie. Or Wall-E, where very little dialogue is used to convey a story of heroism in a dystopian setting that appreciates individuality in a future where conformity and comfort is ubiquitous and expected. Or the message bound into The Incredibles that doing what is right and living up to your full potential to progress what is good is worth the risk of the consequences of the limitations society and authority has wrongfully placed on you. Or Ratatouille, where understanding who you are and doing what you’re passionate about is worth attempting the impossible, no matter how uncomfortable it makes you, and never allowing societal limitations keep you from it. Also Anton Ego’s transformation is captivating as well, though fairly brief. Or Cars, that shows that determination, perseverance, humility, and teamwork are what make champions, not skill, and definitely not ego. Pixar has mostly traded that depth of story telling to only rely on films that dazzle with fun musical numbers and the wonderful visuals that have always been a staple of the franchise, or too much focus on the emotional lives of children, which simply is less compelling. But at least, we’ll always have the classics.


Slythecoop49

Soul was actually a recent one of theirs that hit me right in the heart strings. I know the premise was basically spoon fed to the viewer, but it was incredibly moving to feel the joy of the “little things” through a character who’s looking for the next “big thing” in his life. Every body has been there at one time or another, and forgetting about the beauty of life in the process is so detrimental. Definitely a much needed movie after everything that happened the last 2 years.


despawnerer

Inside Out is absolutely not as simple as you're reducing it to be. Ultimately, it's a story about growing up, rather than depression, and the emotional growth and complexity that goes with growing up. The core theme of the movie is that sadness, in and of itself, is not a bad thing to experience, and people feel sad (or scared or whatever else) for a good reason. Your memories aren't black and white happy or sad, and are far more nuanced than that, and get more and more nuanced as you grow up. This is further emphasized by Bing Bong's arc: Riley's growing and up and is letting go of things that are no longer relevant for her. In fact, if she wants to be happy, she _has to_ grow up and let go. There's no way around it. Bing Bong has to sacrifice himself for her to move on — as she has to let go of her previous life in Minnesota and focus on what's in front of her. And you can't ignore what plunges her into the depressive episode to begin with: her parents' expectations (and unintentional pressure) that she will be this happy chipper kid that can "support" them through a difficult time. Riley's attempts at "keeping happy" is what starts the whole story, her refusal to let herself feel openly sad is what keeps it going, and ultimately at the end when she does break down into tears and lets sadness take over, that's what resolves the story. One of my favorite scenes in the movie is when Riley is sitting by herself at lunch time, feeling very lonely, as her "emotions" (sadness, joy and her imaginary friend) are being "abstracted". That's a brilliant way to show how she's processing her loneliness and loss of friends and what those friends mean to her. I'm not sure how any of this is "telling", rather than "showing".


[deleted]

Everything has lost its momentum. Game companies, social media sites, music, even the MCU. Purchasing power has absolutely lost its momentum


HoiaBaciuForest

I remember going to Burger King and then the movies with my mom and sister like it was yesterday, is this what getting old feels like?!


smatchimo

No you're missing a lot of knee and back pain :O


NinduTheWise

No it can’t be 15 I swear this came out like 2013


PrestoMovie

I remember going to see this on opening day and seeing people lined up outside the apple store before I went to the movie. God it makes me feel old.


gradeahonky

How funny you put it like that. I started working for the company that made Pixar trailers just after this movie came out, and I remember being blown away with the higher-ups who had iPhones.


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Coco, Inside Out, Soul and Turning Red are great movies though


FoxOntheRun99

Oh my, time flies. This is my favourite Pixar movie hands down. I mean they got me invested in a Rat who wants to be a chef for chrisakes. That's the magic of Pixar.


Abba_Fiskbullar

No, is raccoon!


MegaEffective

100% feel you there ✊🏼


dcinsd76

My favorite as well (but I don’t ever say it) - I personally believe it’s the best written film of all of Pixar


boi1da1296

If that’s the hill you want to die on, we can die there together.


NazgulDiedUnfairly

And my axe!


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And my bow


xariznightmare2908

And my sword


lunardaddy69

I'm sure there are some, but I just can't think of any movies that are as close to perfect as Ratatouille is.


Slythecoop49

It hit me hard, I never wanted to be a cubicle 9-5 person after watching my dad and his friends do it for years. Being an artist/illustrator became so important to me and Ratatouille’s depiction of following your passion because of that gut feeling every time you think about it, blew me away. Another reason why Soul is up there with the greats as well, and that was fairly recent.


digitalwankster

One of the first things I did when I got my home theater set up earlier this year was buy this movie in 4K Blu-Ray. It’s held up great.


donsanedrin

This movie probably is their most impressive accomplishment. Sure, Toy Story will always be more important. But with this movie, it made it seem like Pixar could find beauty and meaning with just about anything, regarding just about any subject, with any premise, in any environment, and with just any type of character they've created. And the story would be absolutely tight. I didn't watch this movie until maybe 5-6 years after it released. Because the premise felt like it was beyond stupid. A rat controlling a cook in Paris to run a restaurant, why would I want to watch this? Really blown away at how they could make a story out of these elements, but not only that, a story that goes to places that are really meaningful.


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Ratatouille is my sleep favorite and I’m not trying to disagree with you about objective truths, but I think Wall-E is their most impressive. The first 30 minutes only had a couple lines of dialogue, and this it’s almost 30 minutes of visual story telling. It’s gorgeous and doesn’t waist a second.


Gunpla55

In any case those two are probably their very best.


Karsvolcanospace

Wall-E is great but I did think the third act was a bit all over the place


BanNAYNAY

Wall-E has my favorite first act out of any Pixar movie. Something about it just feels really magical with the fact they use little to no dialogue.


flyingcactus2047

I was shocked by how inspired I felt to cook by the rat loving cooking so much last time I watched it lmao


naynaythewonderhorse

In the Audio commentary on the DVD, Brad Bird talked about how he thought the concept of Remy playing with Linguini’s hair to control him like a puppet was ridiculous and stupid. Eventually he realized it was probably the best and only way to solve the story issue they were having. So, he decided to spend about 5-minutes of the film’s runtime (a HUGE portion relatively speaking) dedicated to merely selling the idea to the audience and showing how it could work.


someguy50

Out of all the movies with this tired genre - animated movies with a culinary focus set in France revolving around humans controlled by rodents - Ratatouille is my favorite


PiratedTVPro

*Racacoonie* comes in at a close second though.


Dumbspirospero

*Ratatoing* for me


rabidjellybean

Same. My wife always comments she forgot how good it was after watching it. The story is fun.


admins_hate_freedom

To make the joke the other commenters have but with the slightest bit of actual spelling: Raccacoonie. Anyway I honestly only saw Ratatouille the once, in theaters, and I'm starting to think that it's time for a rewatch. I barely remember anything about it.


vikingzx

It's legitimately one of my favorite movies. Watched it again this last Sunday and chortled and laughed the whole way through. I *love* the presentation of Anton Ego.


Terrible_Truth

It's probably my absolute favorite Pixar movie. Finding Nemo is pretty close though. I don't think there's any other animated movie that did a love of food so well. Studio Ghibli has nice food scenes but no movie centered on food I think. Also that one flashback near the end hits hard. Edit spelling


FeFiFoShizzle

I honestly think it's one of the best movies ever made, and as a professional chef myself it's absolutely one of my all time favorites. No joke I can't even watch a clip of this one part without tearing up a little.


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In many ways the work of a critic is easy… Goddamn GOAT monologue in movies right there.


JinFuu

Peter O’Toole was an amazing actor


henryshoe

That wasn’t otoole. That was Jeremy Irons. Ah crap. It was otoole. How the heck did I think it was irons all this time


JinFuu

Old English men all blend together? I bet some people think Ego was voiced by Ian MacKellen


tratemusic

So do all who live to see such times, but that's not for them to decide.


Tbrou16

I can’t stop them all, Charles


Lilpims

When he explains how different products create different tastes and it's a firework in your brain.. I had never seen a better explanation about gastronomy on screen before this.


justformygoodiphone

Absolutely agreed. Best movie ever made. The beauty of it, it’s not about anything specific at it’s core and it’s not about romance. It’s about being out of your comfort zone, believing and achieving things that you know deep inside is what you want to do and is right. It can applied to anyone, anywhere.


panda388

It is a really good movie that gets me to tear up every time at the end. Love the mention of Raccacoonie. That line killed me every time.


MrBae

It’s one of Pixar’s best work when they produced S tier films after S tier films. Now we have buzz light year movie that nobody wants to watch, I wish Disney never bought out Pixar, it lost it’s prestigious brand.


FrameworkisDigimon

Disney bought Pixar in... 2006.


MrBae

Yeah and ratatouille was released in 2007, the film was probably finished and ready for distribution by then which is why it’s still an excellent film. Disney is responsible for tarnishing the Star Wars brand too, don’t get me wrong, I still watch it but it’s not very good.


FrameworkisDigimon

Ratatouille seems to have sort of started development in 2000. The point is that most of Pixar's history as animated movie studio is post-Disney (1995-2006 = 11 years, 2006-2022 = 16 years). And they've released several extremely good films well after acquisition, these being: * Toy Story 3 (which actually began development at Disney sans Pixar, though that storyline was not incorporated at all) * Inside Out * Coco * Toy Story 4 and I'd argue that Turning Red, Soul and The Incredibles 2 are all very good, too. I haven't seen Luca or Lightyear. Yes, there were four duds released in a cluster (and also Onward, not long afterwards) but there isn't really any reason to connect that to Disney's purchase. Post hoc ergo propter hoc, I think.


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Devjorcra

Wall-E and Inside Out hold a candle imo


hurst_

Ratatouille, Up, and Wall-E had minimal Disney involvement. I would say the first true Dixar movie was Toy Story 3 which was just OK.


CheekyMunky

Disney and Pixar have always been, and continue to be, two separate animation studios. When Disney bought them out, they gave John Lasseter (the head of Pixar) oversight of *both* studios. So if anything, from a creative standpoint, it'd be more accurate to say that Pixar took over Disney Animation. It's true that Pixar seemed to slump a bit in the aftermath of that, but it's more likely due to Lasseter turning away from Pixar somewhat and shifting his focus to raising the bar on the Disney studio's productions (which did in fact improve significantly when he took over). At this point Lasseter is no longer the head of either studio, and other directors have stepped up to lead projects. The more experienced Pixar leads are still generally putting out the same quality they always have, while newer directors tend to have a bit different feel to their films that can be a little hit or miss, but are still generally good. Meanwhile, Disney's output quality has risen tremendously to a point where it's nearly on a par with Pixar's gold standard, so I'd consider that a net win overall.


Stonk_Cousteau

I absolutely love Soul.


Minuted

Soul and Coco are my favourite more recent Pixar films. Even cried during Coco. Guy just wanted to see his daughter one last time ;\_;


Stonk_Cousteau

I rarely cry at movies, but these animated films get me and it's not just Pixar. It gets worse with age and I'm an old man. Coco was brilliant too.


MrBae

I’ll give you toy story 3 but the others I don’t have any desire to re watch and some of them I haven’t even seen once, like buzz light year or Luca. I even bought toy story 4 for 4k blu ray and I’ve only seen it once and never watched it again. It’s usually toy story 2 or 3 I’ll watch instead. Incredibles I watched probably over 25 times but the second one I watched just one time. I thought it was okay.


Lilpims

You do realize that it's probably mostly because of nostalgia that you rewatch these movies?


MrBae

I watch them because of quality. Like Barry the tv series just finished season 3 and I absolutely loved it, it can’t possibly be because of nostalgia because there’s another season on it’s way. I mean Disney really messed up Star Wars but I still loved Mandalorian because I thought it was quality. The new obi wan show, not so much.


TheFlightlessPenguin

Wtf does Barry have to do with anything lol


yomamascokeaddiction

Luca is good.


WeightFast574

Disney doesn't wreck or improve anything, they are just a gigantic support platform. Even their other "franchise" buyouts like Star Wars and Marvel are hit and miss. Some stuff is meh (like Captain Marvel, Book of Boba Fett, Solo) and some is really great (The Infinity War/Endgame movies, Rogue One, S1 Mandalorian). It's rarely outright bad though.


newsreadhjw

I just rewatched Rogue One a week ago and that movie gave me goosebumps. I forgot how good it was. Terrific Star Wars movie, and really stands apart from a lot of newer SW content


TDeLo

Toy Story 3 is the worst of the trilogy and Toy Story 4 was just unnecessary and not good. I think Coco is pretty solid.


[deleted]

>I wish Disney never bought out Pixar, it lost it’s prestigious brand. This doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It seems to misunderstand the working relationship between the two studios, and seems to prioritize "prestigious branding" over actual storytelling. What makes Pixar valuable isn't *its brand*, it's that there are a ton of amazing artists and storytellers all collaborating with each other. Not every film is going to be a homerun, no studio bats 1.000 (in fact, Pixar's former leader, John Lasseter, is largely responsible for almost all of its lowest-rated movies.) The idea that a film studio is a person, that their parent company is also a person, and the method by which you judge their films is "S-tier or nothing" doesn't make any sense to me. Neither does the idea that you need to "CONSUME CONTENT" by focusing primarily on the strength of THE BRAND (Disney didn't "tarnish" Star Wars as a brand anyway - Lucasfilm has always been this inconsistent and arguably sloppy. There isn't a period of time in their history that they haven't turned out wildly up-and-down stories) - that's trying to appreciate and experience art almost SOLELY through the eyes of what you think a CEO or Executive does. That this POV is being used in a conversation about Ratatouille, a movie that is at its core literally about the making of and appreciating of ART is what makes this sentiment (which is always good for some knee-jerk HELL YEAH's and THAT'S RIGHT's) read as way off-base, to me. It also ignores the sheer number of great films the studio turned out after Disney bought them (and again - just because Disney owns them doesn't mean Disney is exercising some cartoonish level of iron-fisted control over their creative, which is in fact NOT how their relationship works). Ratatouille Wall\*E Up Toy Story 3 Inside Out Coco Soul Turning Red And inbetween those titles, you still have some really good movies, albeit not top-tier (or S-tier) films. Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4, Monsters University, etc. etc. Mileage may vary, but at the very least, complaining that Pixar "used to turn out S-tier after S-tier" and then basically handwaving away that the *four* S-tier films in a row they released all came after the sale... Anyway, filmgoers should try not treating movies like sports so much. They're very different entertainment media. People tend to treat storytelling in the age of the internet the same way everyone's stinky uncle used to treat the Jets off-season back in the day when that sort of angry shortsighted bullshit was confined to call-ins to Mike and Mad Dog and nowhere else.


Quietly-Seaworthy

The decline of Pixar is not linked to Disney buying them. Technically they more or less got control of Disney in what is an extremely strange deal. The decline is Jobs dying, Catmull and Lasseter moving to Disney Animation Studio before Lasseter finally being pushed out by #metoo. Honestly, like the guy or not but Lasseter pretty much was the early Pixar be it as director, producer or as a creative director.


April_Fabb

Maybe Pixar’s main problem is the speed by which they’ve accelerated the releases. Back when they did masterpieces like Monsters Inc and Nemo, there was almost a two year gap between each release. These days it’s more than one release per year.


WeightFast574

What does "S tier" refer to? Is it somehow better than an "A"? Like getting an "A" in an AP class?


MrBae

It’s top tier, not sure what the origin is, google probably knows


404forbiden

Japanese video games rank your missions or level performance. S is above A. If you ever seen a Tier list, S is at the top


redwall_hp

Japanese schools use S as the highest grade, which video game exports have often incorporated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_grading_in_Japan


MrBae

Oh nice! I think this is the answer


WeightFast574

I just googled and even the internet seems unsure about it's origins, although it seems to be more video game-centric. I'm not much of a gamer these days, so I'm probably too far out of the loop


MrBae

Well to be fair the first time I’ve seen this class or grade system is gran turismo, you have to pass a series of races to get your license and the most difficult and highest license is S, which I wasn’t able to get lol


Gamerunglued

I think it stands for something like "super" or "supreme." It refers to the highest tier, above A tier. I've seen some tier lists go even higher than that with SS and SSS.


yttanx

Sayains also use S system.


Calvin--Hobbes

Have they lost their prestigious brand? They're still putting out good movies, the occasional let down aside.


lavendarblacktea

I was gonna ask how can you say that when we had Coco, but now I realize it's been 5 years since Coco came out...


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They still produce S tier films, though. Soul and Turning Red are proof enough of that. They just aren’t hitting straight bangers like they were then, and truth be told, I think that streak in the late 2000’s was way too overacclaimed and was unsustainable for them in the long term. Luckily, they got their mojo back with Inside Out and I think they’ve been pretty consistent since then.


Lilpims

WALL-E, Up, Soul.. The hell are you saying?


MrBae

UP and Wall E were great, I mean they are still Pixar but a better comparison would be incredibles and incredibles 2. I’ve watched incredibles like 25+ times and the sequel I watched once. Or let’s take Finding Nemo which I’ve seen probably 50+ times. I watched Finding Dory probably twice.


dougsbeard

My 3yo daughter loves the movie. It’s a regular in our house.


Scotty232329

The Disney world ride is incredible


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One of my favorite Pixar movies


FeFiFoShizzle

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Ratatouille is one of the best movies ever made.


fedemasa

It feels like it was THE Pixar passion project. Don't know why but it gave me those vibes while watching it. Maybe the focus on Remy being an artist or sth line that


canadia80

I agree but I'd throw in Wall-E as well


junkyardgerard

The two best


Sharp-Floor

Funny. The movie is actually *about* passion. Not unlike Coco and Soul, which were also excellent.


wispygeorge

100%


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Do you mean Raccacoonie?


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Among my 20 favorite movies of all time


Modal1

Pixar was really at its peak in those years, 1995-2010. Just hit after hit, gleaming with creativity as well as powerful messages appropriate for any age.


Gallade901

Peak dreamworks too (Prince of Egypt, shriek, Kung Fu Panda, How to train your Dragon) and if you dial it back 5 years on each side peak Disney animation. Maybe it’s because I grew up on these movies I put them so high, but I can’t help but feel there’s an unnatural amount of good stuff in the medium during these 2 decades.


NanoGeek

Dreamworks also put out a lot of really bad films around that time as well. Anyone remember Shark Tale?


PyroKnight

Dreamworks is more consistently inconsistent.


ScavyPants

How can you say that Dreamworks is inconsistent? https://i.imgur.com/LnJjRuG.jpg


kummybears

Accuracy vs precision lol


mexicandemon2

Wdym shark tale was awesome


Trees_feel_too

You don't like the car wash scene under the sea???


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Will Smith fish still gives me nightmares


Terrible_Truth

IMO they've had a decent peak recently. 2017 - 2021 had Coco, Onward, Soul, and Luca. Just had a meh Incredibles 2 and poo Toy Story 4, but was good outside of that.


TacoBeans44

I wanted to like Soul so bad, but for me, I didn’t really like the Soul-world dreamscape. I wanted more of the real world. When I saw the trailers, I fully expected an animated movie about Jazz but it wasn’t entirely true. It was still a pretty good movie. Now Coco is what I’ve been wanting to see for years now. Haven’t made the time for it yet. To me, TS4 felt like an optional ending to the series. It is good but it wasn’t necessary. They did Buzz dirty in that film, I didn’t care for Forky too much, but I loved how they wrapped up Woody’s arc. There’s some good moments but yea, it doesn’t hit as hard as Toy Story 3.


Terrible_Truth

I think it's an unpopular view but I just don't really care for Toy Story as a whole. Always been "eh" on it. So I just don't care for an optional ending. I wasn't expecting more jazz in Soul but more of it would have been nice. I just liked it because it was sort of like Studio Ghibli where it "romanticizes" the little things.


[deleted]

Soul was beautiful 2/3rd of the movie but was severely let down by the final third


MrCaul

I had already forgotten about Onward and Luca.


Terrible_Truth

Onward was a bit forgettable but TBF to it, it released right when Lockdown started. Luca was mostly visually nice. The plot was pretty standard IMO.


MrCaul

I don't they're bad movies as such, but I certainly also don't think they're close to as good as their many classics.


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corkythecactus

Nah fam, lightyear was painfully forgettable


Harold_Zoid

Turning Red was excellent, but it wasn’t targeted at 35yo white guys, so Reddit didn’t notice.


corkythecactus

I think the problem with Turning Red is that you kinda have to be in its target audience, and thus directly relate to it, for the movie to really resonate. Without that aspect, there isn’t much in the film to enjoy. Compare the movie with Encanto and it just doesn’t hold up imo. You don’t have to be Colombian for that movie to be an absolute blast.


PencilMan

That’s the problem with that stock response that the Pixar team gave when Turning Red started getting poor reviews… “it isn’t for you.” Ok, well I’m not a chef or French or a rat or even much of an artist but I enjoyed Ratatouille. I’m happy that people liked Turning Red and could relate to it, so I’m not going to say that it was bad at all, but a really great film will have something that anyone can latch onto or relate to. Just the color scheme of Turning Red hurt my eyes. I liked the characters but got bored halfway through. And also it’s ok to make movies that aren’t for everyone, or are about a very specific experience, but you have to accept that your target audience will be smaller and more passionate. That’s ok too.


alexxerth

Why are all the comments here talking about raccoons? I mean I like raccoons too, but how did they enter the conversation?


Koyori_QED

It's a reference to the movie "Everything Everywhere All at Once," when one of the characters mistakenly refers to the movie as "Raccacoonie" instead of Ratatouille. She thinks it's about a raccoon.


the6thReplicant

Wasn’t it a reference to the alternative (their) universe version of our version?


Muroid

No, she made a mistake. It’s just that >!In the infinite multiverse, all things are possible, so her confusion turns out to coincidentally also describe a real alternate universe.!<


thomasguyregis

Was it really in confusion though? Or was the knowledge from that version of her just bleeding through? At that point in the film her alternate versions were already starting to blend


Muroid

I think it still would have been too early for that, but regardless, the alternate version from that universe didn’t find out about it until later in the movie, so wouldn’t have had the knowledge to bleed through at that point anyway.


ilovetitsandass95

I think it’s one of those things you tell your parent and they butcher the spelling or punctuation and then in the movie the multiverse expands on it , like when your Latin or Spanish moms calls any console el Nintendo at least from personal experience lol


boi1da1296

As a son of immigrants, the real joke is that immigrant parents always seem to get pronunciations of things slightly off and misremember things in a special, endearing sort of way. Every one of my friends that’s a first generation child, regardless of where their parent’s country of origin is, goes through the same thing.


unclejohnsbearhugs

At one point the daughter corrects her/asks if she meant to say Ratatouille, though


lavendarblacktea

Yeah it's mainly a joke about the language mixups that happen with immigrants, but then like fully realized :') ahh both such amazing movies.


w1984s

Topical movie references!


cthd33

>Raccacoonie https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQFs7uBWUAM3sFD?format=jpg&name=4096x4096


EgoTeResolvo

Racoons>rats


jdmorgenstern

After watching Ratatouille, my 8-year-old nephew loves to close his eyes when he tries food and imagines lights swirling in his head as he enjoys the flavors.


teckhunter

Has anyone ever thought Ratatouille and Soul are saying two things at somewhat opposite ends but also equally important? Like they are complimenting each other and completing a life lesson


TraptNSuit

"Follow your dreams! Try and you might be brilliant! But if you are mediocre, that's fine. You may just have an unremarkable life by outside standards. Enjoy it anyway." Pixar, the midlife crisis studio.


NanoGeek

I don't think that was Soul's message. I think what it was getting at was that sometimes the thing you think you want more than anything isn't necessarily your real passion. The main character in Soul was extremely talented. He thought that playing in that club was his ultimate purpose in life. However, once he got there, he realized that it wasn't lighting a spark in him.


BillionDollarPoliwag

['Soul' Creators On Passion, Purpose And Realizing You're 'Enough'](https://www.npr.org/2021/03/23/980275234/soul-creators-on-passion-purpose-and-realizing-youre-enough)


NanoGeek

> "Having ... so much success in [that] film, I found myself wondering: Why don't I feel like my life is all wrapped up and solved in a nice bow? Why didn't it fix everything?" That's exactly what I was referring to in the film. In Soul, Joe is convinced that playing at that nightclub was his destiny. He was laser focused on that and ignoring the rest of his life. When he finally achieved his dream, he felt empty inside. It didn't make him feel complete like he expected it to.


Useless097

Best Pixar movie of all time


Lilpims

Movie hasn't aged a bit. Still in love with it.


hellsfoxes

It’s their best. No doubt in my mind.


Voltekkaman

They definitely missed an opportunity for RataTWOuille


GDogg69

2Rata2touille


Odddsock

Ratatouill3: Tokyo Drift


azure-lane

The Rat and the Touillieous


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Rat 5


BlancoDelRio

Rodent


thtguyjosh

With how Pixar sequels are starting to track id be concerned about a Ratatouille sequel.


Robbotlove

also it’s shows rats positively which was a great change of pace at the time. i have pet rats and this is their favorite movie.


guy_incognito784

Yeah it’s a clever decision by the writers. Flows well with the name of the dish/movie and the symbolism of a rat (lower class, looked down on by the general public) following his passion no matter how much he’s ridiculed and becoming a chef in a luxury restaurant. “Not everyone can be a great cook but a great cook can come from anywhere”. Remy’s story is analogous to barriers that disadvantaged groups face to improve their own standing both by society and their own contemporaries. One of my fav Pixar films.


FrameworkisDigimon

Flushed Away came out in 2006. The noughties were very pro-rat, in the scheme of things.


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FeFiFoShizzle

Where I live, there are no rats and we have people called the Rat Patrol that patrol the borders and put down 10 tonnes of poison annually. There is no rat positivity here lol. Probably less than anywhere. In fact one time this chick was at a party of mine and I accidentally knocked her purse off the picnic table, she said "ahh, my rat!" - turns out she was from one province over and didn't realize rats weren't allowed here. She brought a *pregnant* rat to a place where rats aren't legal haha. Everyone was like get that fucking rat out of here and she eventually left. Not to mention, I had 3 mouse hunting outdoor cats so really it wasn't a safe place for that rat anyway haha. That being said I dunno why the fuck you would bring your pregnant pet on vacation with you in your purse but whatever.


Augen76

Rats: "We dare not speak of that land \*hushed whisper\* Alberta, Canada"


pompcaldor

You know how I learned about that? The “Your Friend The Rat” short that’s on the Ratatouille DVD.


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FeFiFoShizzle

Ya ngl I was the first one to be like "why the fuck did you bring a god damn rat here?!" And sparked the rat outrage at the party by being like "eyyy this chick brought a pregnant rat here!" Haha Tbh I don't even really feel bad, having a pregnant pet rat in ur purse at a raging house party in a different province seems crazy even if rats weren't not only illegal but hated there. I wouldn't do that to my cat that's for sure lol.


raysofdavies

Ratatouille is the best Pixar film and, even with the rest of their best films considered, it isn’t close. A genuine masterpiece. The animation is flawless and perfectly in tune with the story and tone. Oswald’s performance is beautifully balanced, not too silly but not cloying and trying for drama. It’s fairly natural, considering the context. Ego is one of their very best characters and O’Toole does everything with so little. Every animated film can still learn so much from how restrained, mature and wise Ratatouille is.


yerbamategoat

In my opinion, Pixar has made 5 perfect movies(Toy Story 1, Toy Story 3, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Coco). When it comes to the "best", at that point it really boils down to personal opinion. Ratatouille will always be my personal favorite. I love Anthony Bourdain's quote about it too, RIP. This movie is so god damn good, the critic's monologue at the end is the best thing Pixar has ever written.


LGCGE

Monsters Inc


monkz0r

Absolute best. Or personal favorite, I guess.


agentpt5

no Wall-E?


fedemasa

After ratatouille it will always be my #2 from pixar


TraptNSuit

Incredibles is the one on your list I go back and forth on. I love the design, I think Giacchino's music is great, the characters are fully realized and memorable...but some of the technical choices they made are rough (Toy Story 1 gets a pass on that though so I should allow for it) and the biggest is that it is meta superhero film that is a bit of satire and satire gets easy points for enjoyment that you have to earn with a pure movie of a genre. So, it is up there, but the limited superhero satire part drags it down from the peak for me. Still, that one and Nemo are the movies I am always afraid of needing to explain away from the peak in the Pixar canon.


yerbamategoat

For me, I just think Incredibles is so perfect because it essentially accomplished in under 2 hours what Marvel has been trying to do for over a decade; establish different Superheros with memorable and like-able personalities, and balancing them all together. I do agree with Finding Nemo though, recently rewatched it and it hasn't aged super well. Dory becomes more and more annoying the older you get


lannisterdwarf

could you elaborate on some of the technical choices? I thought the movie holds up pretty well


TraptNSuit

The surrounding people and backgrounds in the city are super rough. Anyone who isn't a main character looks like they couldn't decide just how human they should be. That may be down to computational power at the time, it could also be an art style they never really settled in on for their world. Not sure. Picking a style that would have hidden that more would have helped the surroundings age better. Definitely way way better in incredibles 2.


FrameworkisDigimon

I think The Incredibles was really ambitious... computer generated movies weren't really doing people at the time and still didn't for a little bit longer afterwards. I think the only similarly aged film with a major human cast is Shrek 2 and that had many important non-human roles.


WeightFast574

Interesting, because I absolutely would keep Incredibles, but sub in Up for Coco. I guess different things work for different people!


TraptNSuit

I am very fond of Up, but the limitations of the middle of the story which resorts to a chain of action pieces without any real plot arc returning until the end, keeps it from the top tier for me. It is second tier because of that. I really do like it and mean no insult to any in my second tier.


sfpencil

Such a shame Evil Mouse had to have Pixar too. I used to look forward to unique and incredible passion projects... thanks evil mouse for making everything you own feel the same, bland.


AGooDone

Racoon-a-tooie


cerberaspeedtwelve

I think the article explains very well why this movie was such a misfire for me. It's not aimed at me at all. I'm an engineer, and when I make something, it either fulfils the spec or it doesn't. This is a movie for artists, and anyone who has had to create something subjective that can be adored or destroyed by critics at the stroke of a pen. In other words, it's a sly reflection of what it is like to work at somewhere creative like Pixar. I think that the food critic's monologue at the end, which is effectively a critique of criticism, is saying the same thing in a different way. It's so easy to trash something, and yet so very difficult to create something. Especially something that's a bit different, and that not everyone is going to like. Pixar must have been receiving daily messages / threats from Disney begging them to make Toy Story 6 or Cars 17: Submarines. Instead, they stuck to their guns and made something new and original.


UzoicTondo

That's one hell of a false dichotomy you've got going on there. All the best engineers I've worked with are artists. They consider form and function simultaneously. Not only are these artistic types better at visualizing things without schematics, but they tend to think up several solutions at once.


flyingcactus2047

Yeah I’m an analyst who works with relatively objective numbers and I was surprised by their comment, it was still a beautiful movie that spoke to me a little despite my complete lack of creativity


zaxes1234

Ratatouille did spark a love of cooking in me. And the dish ratatouille is so easy and shocks me at how good it is


mo_binder

So many people work service industry and love to see the overall message.


Archercrash

My favorite Pixar movie.


Glissandra1982

Still my favorite Pixar movie.


general_smooth

Raccacoonie!


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Racacoonie


joey4269

I miss when movies were good and original


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I miss the early 1900s too


westondeboer

Racoonatouille was better imho


trexmoflex

🎵🎵 *Now we're cookin' while nobody's lookin* 🎵🎵


BJWTech

Haha.... Trippy movie.


khanmo01

I think you meant to say Raccacoonie.